1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season was the 54th season in franchise history. The team placed third in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens were eliminated in semi-finals by the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 1.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	23	12	221	180	+41	82
2	Chicago Black Hawks	70	32	21	17	194	178	+16	81
3	Montreal Canadiens	70	28	19	23	225	183	+42	79
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	32	25	13	200	194	+6	77
5	New York Rangers	70	22	36	12	211	233	−22	56
6	Boston Bruins	70	14	39	17	198	281	−83	45

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1962	0–5	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	0–1–0
2	W	October 13, 1962	6–3	New York Rangers (1962–63)	1–1–0
3	L	October 14, 1962	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	1–2–0
4	W	October 18, 1962	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	2–2–0
5	W	October 20, 1962	7–3	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	3–2–0
6	T	October 21, 1962	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	3–2–1
7	T	October 23, 1962	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	3–2–2
8	L	October 27, 1962	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	3–3–2
9	W	October 31, 1962	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	4–3–2
10	L	November 1, 1962	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	4–4–2
11	T	November 3, 1962	3–3	New York Rangers (1962–63)	4–4–3
12	W	November 8, 1962	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	5–4–3
13	L	November 10, 1962	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	5–5–3
14	W	November 11, 1962	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	6–5–3
15	L	November 14, 1962	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	6–6–3
16	T	November 18, 1962	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	6–6–4
17	W	November 22, 1962	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	7–6–4
18	T	November 24, 1962	5–5	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	7–6–5
19	W	November 25, 1962	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	8–6–5
20	T	November 29, 1962	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	8–6–6
21	W	December 1, 1962	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	9–6–6
22	W	December 2, 1962	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	10–6–6
23	L	December 5, 1962	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	10–7–6
24	W	December 8, 1962	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	11–7–6
25	L	December 9, 1962	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	11–8–6
26	T	December 13, 1962	1–1	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	11–8–7
27	L	December 15, 1962	2–4	New York Rangers (1962–63)	11–9–7
28	W	December 16, 1962	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	12–9–7
29	T	December 20, 1962	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	12–9–8
30	T	December 22, 1962	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	12–9–9
31	T	December 23, 1962	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	12–9–10
32	W	December 25, 1962	6–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	13–9–10
33	W	December 29, 1962	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	14–9–10
34	T	December 30, 1962	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	14–9–11
35	W	January 3, 1963	4–1	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	15–9–11
36	T	January 5, 1963	2–2	New York Rangers (1962–63)	15–9–12
37	W	January 6, 1963	6–0	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	16–9–12
38	L	January 10, 1963	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	16–10–12
39	W	January 12, 1963	7–2	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	17–10–12
40	T	January 13, 1963	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	17–10–13
41	W	January 17, 1963	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	18–10–13
42	W	January 19, 1963	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	19–10–13
43	T	January 20, 1963	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	19–10–14
44	L	January 23, 1963	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	19–11–14
45	T	January 24, 1963	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	19–11–15
46	L	January 26, 1963	2–4	New York Rangers (1962–63)	19–12–15
47	W	January 27, 1963	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	20–12–15
48	L	January 31, 1963	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	20–13–15
49	T	February 2, 1963	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	20–13–16
50	W	February 3, 1963	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	21–13–16
51	L	February 6, 1963	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	21–14–16
52	T	February 9, 1963	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	21–14–17
53	T	February 10, 1963	5–5	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	21–14–18
54	L	February 14, 1963	1–2	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	21–15–18
55	W	February 16, 1963	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	22–15–18
56	W	February 17, 1963	6–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	23–15–18
57	L	February 20, 1963	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	23–16–18
58	W	February 23, 1963	6–3	New York Rangers (1962–63)	24–16–18
59	L	March 2, 1963	1–7	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	24–17–18
60	T	March 3, 1963	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	24–17–19
61	W	March 5, 1963	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	25–17–19
62	W	March 7, 1963	8–0	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	26–17–19
63	L	March 9, 1963	2–5	New York Rangers (1962–63)	26–18–19
64	W	March 10, 1963	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	27–18–19
65	T	March 14, 1963	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	27–18–20
66	W	March 16, 1963	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	28–18–20
67	T	March 17, 1963	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	28–18–21
68	T	March 20, 1963	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	28–18–22
69	T	March 23, 1963	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	28–18–23
70	L	March 24, 1963	0–5	@ New York Rangers (1962–63)	28–19–23

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Playoffs

Semi-finals

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	67	23	50	73	57
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	69	18	49	67	68
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	67	24	26	50	61
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	67	20	30	50	26
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	60	25	24	49	42
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	51	23	18	41	73
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	70	17	22	39	39
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	62	19	18	37	15
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	70	23	12	35	51
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	65	13	20	33	6
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	70	3	22	25	51
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	D	65	1	17	18	46
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	69	1	17	18	10
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	32	5	8	13	2
Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato	D	63	2	8	10	141
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	43	3	5	8	28
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	37	2	6	8	15
McCreary, BillBill McCreary	LW	14	2	3	5	0
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	14	1	1	2	10
Brisson, GerryGerry Brisson	RW	4	0	2	2	4
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	6	0	2	2	2
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	56	0	1	1	2
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Maniago, CesareCesare Maniago	G	14	0	0	0	2
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	3320	56	22	14	19	138	2.49	5
Maniago, CesareCesare Maniago	820	14	5	5	4	42	3.07	0
Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely	60	1	1	0	0	3	3.00	0
Team:	4200	70	28	19	23	183	2.61	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	5	2	1	3	2
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	5	2	0	2	0
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	5	1	1	2	2
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	5	1	0	1	8
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	5	0	1	1	4
Laperriere, JacquesJacques Laperriere	D	5	0	1	1	4
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	5	0	1	1	2
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	5	0	1	1	2
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	5	0	1	1	2
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	5	0	0	0	2
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	5	0	0	0	0
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	D	5	0	0	0	12
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	2	0	0	0	0
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	5	0	0	0	0
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	5	0	0	0	0
Sutherland, BillBill Sutherland	C	2	0	0	0	0
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	5	0	0	0	8
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	300	5	1	4	14	2.80	0
Team:	300	5	1	4	14	2.80	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

1962–1963 Montréal Canadiens Roster

Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

4 – Jean Béliveau –C
6 – Ralph Backstrom
16 – Henri Richard
20 – Phil Goyette
22 – Don Marshall

GM: Frank J. Selke
Coach: Toe Blake

References

↑ "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1962–63 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1963
↑ "1962-63 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City TV (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

1962–63 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Roster

See also

References